Flights To Aruba

AirTran Airways has added new weekly service between Atlanta and the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. The discount carrier says the weekly nonstop route began Saturday between Atlanta and the tourism-dependent island off Venezuela's coast.Otmar Oduber is Aruba's minister of tourism, transportation and labor. He says the new direct service will be a boon for the people of Aruba, "for whom tourism is so important.Florida based AirTran also announced Saturday that it plans to introduce weekly nonstop flights between Orlando and Aruba on Jan. 9.The airline is a unit of Orlando, Florida-based AirTran Holdings Inc.